Literature

Wells’ The Time Machine didn’t only set time traveling as a mainstay of science-fiction. It also reads as a timely warning to the world.

American writer Emily Dickinson explored and expounded upon the themes of nature and spirituality through life, love, and death.

While Jane Austen’s romance often distracts us from her heroines’ realities, Henrik Ibsen stares financial oppression dead in the face and offers his heroines hope.

Let’s explore five major literary works by Samuel Johnson. What are his most important publications about?

Linda Nochlin burst onto the feminist scene with this provocative question about women artists. Her answers would make her famous and change art history.

Tacitus is one of our most important sources for the first 100 years of the Roman Empire, but how reliable is his account of events?

Let us step back into the 18th century and discover twelve of the most unexpected and surprising facts about Samuel Johnson.

Language is a lot looser than most speakers assume. In fact, the adherence to linguistic assumptions is due more to societal expectations than language itself.